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Como converter XML para PDF para Windows em poucos passos

Quem trabalha com arquivos XML sabe que mais cedo ou mais tarde, uma hora será necessário transformá-los em PDF. E embora existam muitas opções sobre como fazer essa pequena conversão, infelizmente nem sempre conseguimos um resultado adequado à qualidade que esperamos obter no arquivo final. Antes de mais nada, e pra quem não sabe, o arquivo XML nada mais é do que um Unicode com estruturas de…

こんにちは。ごとうです。月一ぐらいで投稿したいところですが、まぁ気ままにやっております。

結論から言うと、タイトルの通りです。ひねりもなにもありません。Surfaceのアンバサダーになることができた（？）という話で、簡単にイベントレビュー。

今は楽しむ！#surfacePro4 #Surfaceアンバサダー pic.twitter.com/Eh42iJp056

— MicrosoftBand2.ごっち (@gggooottto) November 12, 2015

SurfacePro4が11月12日に日本で発売開始されたっというイベントです。プライベートではSurfacePro3を使ってるんで、見てみたいっていう感じで参加してきました。

実際に触ってきたんで、その感想も。。。

まず、キーボードが断然よくなりましたね。タイプカバーのキー同士の間隔が広くなって打ちやすかったです。タイプカバーだけ買い替えてもいいような気がしないでもない。実際にコーディングまではしていないから、本当にいいのかどうかはわからないけれどもね！

おぉぉぉぉ！#Surfaceアンバサダー #surfacePro4 pic.twitter.com/uhk6OZ1ldj

— MicrosoftBand2.ごっち (@gggooottto) November 12, 2015

AdobeのIllustlatorとかPhotoshopとかとの相性はかなりよさそう。ペンも結構進化してるみたいだし。ペン先がほんとうの鉛筆っぽくなって、描いているときの描き心地が違う（らしい）。

そんなこともない。 pic.twitter.com/1o1qVGpNaS

— MicrosoftBand2.ごっち (@gggooottto) November 12, 2015

「これさえあればなにもいらない」ことはないとはおもうけれども、タブレットとしても機能するからいいっすね。あとは、Linuxコマンドが使えて、Macのように開発環境がひかくてきかんたんに整えられたら完ぺき。将来的にならないとは思うけれど。

ごっちさん at #surfacePro4 #Surfaceアンバサダー pic.twitter.com/ledHbCVuC9

— MicrosoftBand2.ごっち (@gggooottto) November 12, 2015

体験コーナーもあり、当日ゲストでいらしてたイラストレーターさんが描いた絵をベースにTシャツデザインをつくるコーナーもあり、描いてきました。ただ色を塗っただけですけどね！

ーまとめー

今日のお土産 #Surfaceアンバサダー #surfacePro4 pic.twitter.com/k2fJYd0F7Q

— MicrosoftBand2.ごっち (@gggooottto) November 12, 2015

SurfacePro4はかなりいい。ただ、今使っているマシンは今年の3月に買ったばっかりなので、買い替えるには早いなぁっていう。もうあと1年半くらい使ったら、もっと進化しているでしょうから、それをまとう。

Windows 10

Microsoft just announced Windows 10. Yes this is the 9th version of Windows but numbers don't matter. This OS is everything that made Windows 7 great, along with a touch of Windows 8 (pun intended).

On the surface Microsoft seems to be back tracking. They alienated a lot of users with Windows 8, and even more businesses. People didn't want something all new, they wanted something familiar but upgraded, that's exactly what they're getting in Windows 10. Where Windows 8 focussed on touch screens and tablets, Windows 10 is a return to mouse and keyboard users, you know, they way most of us use a computer.

There are still some elements of Windows 8 present in the Start menu (see the photo above) and on tablets, but for the most part this is the beefed up Windows 7 that users were hoping for.

Described as Microsoft's "most comprehensive platform ever," Windows 10 will offer a tailored experience for all hardware across a single platform family. And it turns out that's intentional. Microsoft's Joe Belfiore pointed to the millions of customers still using Windows 7, and said the company wants to make their transition to Windows 10 much more comfortable than the unfamiliar leap to Windows 8 two years ago. "We want all these Windows 7 users to have the sentiment that yesterday they were driving a first-generation Prius, and now with Windows 10 it's like a Tesla."

EDIT: I just wanted to note that I was / am WAY into Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. I 100% understand what they were trying to do, and I was on board. ... that said, I was never going to make it my daily driver for many of the obvious reasons. It's nice to see them return to the mouse and keyboard user.

poor guys, the Audubon Society encourages the use of bird shaped stickers, curtains, etc in big windows to prevent birds from hitting them.

bird bones are so tricky, the bones are so delicate. the best bet is actually probably to cut off the parts you want and soak them in water. You could even soak the whole thing in water, though i'd suggest removing the feathers, wings and most of the internal organs first.

I generally want the head/feet most so i remove those bits and soak them in warm water. until i can get all the bits off, and then i do a peroxide soak.

If the birds are small your best bet might be to actually preserve them whole by burying them in salt. depending on size you may or may not need to remove internal organs.

smaller mammals i generally bury in a small wire cage i built. otherwise bones seem to wander off. It's not anything special - and i've had good luck just using mesh 'bag's or bags made out of old window screens.

The Bone Room has a really great page about maceration : http://www.boneroom.com/faqs/maceration.pdf

the skullsite has good info too : http://www.skullsite.com/misc/macerationmanual.htm

be careful handling dead things - always wear gloves (or plastic bags over your hands)